Two things we’ve learned from Hillary Clinton’s campaign in particular are that 1) guns are bad and 2) if elected, she’s going to build not walls, but rather ladders of opportunity.
Clinton, of course, was once a full-time resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and today her former home, guarded by heavily armed Secret Service agents, was forced into lockdown when a potential jumper made it past the first line of defense and was headed toward the famous White House fence.
.@SecretService on alert on WH grounds. Won't yet say what triggered the alert. pic.twitter.com/AXe1dV8cxr
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 7, 2016
Apparently an attempted WH fence jumper, but suspect got caught going over the perimeter bike racks.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 7, 2016
Law enforcement sources say jumper got over WH bike racks (foreground), but arrested before touching fence. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/eXeT1TaKzn
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) March 7, 2016
Sincere question: are these really White House “bike racks,” seeing as they’re clearly marked “Restricted Area: Do Not Enter”? They look a lot like the barricades that were added after a few too many people made a goal of jumping the fence and succeeding. Security was upgraded again in 2014 when the “buffer zone” was enhanced by moving the barricades twice as far from the fence.
Before and after: initial placement of barricade on Sep 23 and newly expanded buffer zone today. pic.twitter.com/qgLBzLDenD
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 24, 2014
“Temporary” spikes were also added to the top of the main fence to make it even pointier, and if things go as planned, the next resident of the White House will enjoy — a moat, maybe?
MOAT: Nat Park Service rejected ideas for upgrade to White House fence. But will make permanent enhancements in '16 pic.twitter.com/nKnlSAnn4l
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) November 30, 2015
Here’s a question for one of the lucky plants to be invited to Clinton’s next town hall: Will she pledge to disarm the Secret Service and tear down the fence? That’s not who America is.
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